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* merge changes from http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/doc.tar.gz into: axfr-get.8, tinydns-data.8. * pickdns-conf.8, pickdns-data.8, pickdns.8: remove. * dnscache-conf.8, rbldns-conf.8, tinydns-conf.8, walldns-conf.8: adapt. * axfrdns-conf.8: new. pkgsrc changes: * Convert to bsd.options.mk. Available options: "ignoreip2 inet6". * Set USE_BUILDLINK3=yes. * Patch to honor PKG_SYSCONFDIR. * As long as we're patching, patch the installer to avoid setting unusual permissions on ${PREFIX} and ${PREFIX}/bin. * Work around the standard djbware errno problem on recent Linux glibc. * Update to the latest pkgsrc djbware RESTRICTED clause. * Remove the third-party logfile formatters (they can go elsewhere if needed). * Take maintainership (suggested by zuntum). Bump PKGREVISION.
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djbdns is a collection of Domain Name System tools. It includes
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software for all the fundamental DNS operations:
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* DNS cache: finding addresses of Internet hosts. When a browser
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wants to contact www.hotwired.com, it first asks a DNS cache,
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such as djbdns's dnscache, to find the IP address of www.hotwired.com.
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Internet service providers run dnscache to find IP addresses
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requested by their customers. If you're running a home computer
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or a workstation, you can run your own dnscache to speed up your
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web browsing.
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* DNS server: publishing addresses of Internet hosts. The IP address
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of www.hotwired.com is published by HotWired's DNS servers. djbdns
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includes a general-purpose DNS server, tinydns; network administrators
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run tinydns to publish the IP addresses of their computers. djbdns
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also includes special-purpose servers for publishing DNS walls
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and RBLs.
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* DNS client: talking to a DNS cache. djbdns includes a DNS client
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C library and several command-line DNS client utilities. Programmers
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use these tools to send requests to DNS caches.
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djbdns also includes several DNS debugging tools, notably dnstrace,
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which administrators use to diagnose misconfigured remote servers.
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